Arkansas

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Funding Information

• 2016 Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity for Infectious Diseases (ELC) funding amount: $988,084
  • Activities: HAI Detection and Response Infrastructure; Coordinated Prevention; and Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) Laboratory Capacity (see ELC HAI-funded Activities for more information)
• 2015 Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity for Infectious Diseases (ELC) funding amount: $109,500
  • Activities: HAI Prevention Infrastructure
• 2015 ELC domestic Ebola supplement: Infection Control Assessment and Response (ICAR) Program
  • Infection Control Assessment Program: $491,478
  • Targeted Infection Prevention: $1,362,114
• 2014 Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity for Infectious Diseases (ELC) funding amount: $110,500
  • Activities: HAI Prevention Infrastructure
• 2013 Affordable Care Act (ACA) funding amount: $107,500
  • Activity: HAI Prevention Infrastructure
• From 2009-2012 Arkansas received funding to build HAI infrastructure

State plan to address healthcare-associated infections [PDF – 283 KB]

State Contact:

Kelley Garner, MPH MLS(ASCP)^CM
HAI Program Coordinator/ Epidemiologist
Epidemiology Branch
Arkansas Department of Health
4815 West Markham St., Slot 32
Little Rock, AR 72205

Phone: 501-661-2296

Kelley.Garner@arkansas.gov

Arkansas Department of Health